In an outburst tone, Ricardo Tili, director of ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), stated during participation in an event in São Paulo that the biggest obstacle to opening the free energy market for low voltage it is the agents themselves, who do not want to give up their current benefits.
“We need to have a little sensitivity to discuss the electricity sector as a whole and not sectorally. I think the biggest obstacle to opening up the market is because nobody wants to give in, everyone has their own market. I want the market to open, but I want to continue with my subsidy”, he said during Lefosse Energy Day, on Thursday (8).
The topic came up when the debate's mediator, Raphael Gomes, partner at the law firm Lefosse, asked the ists about what the priorities for opening the free market would be.
Fabiola Sena, CEO of Fset, a boutique consultancy in regulation, market and project structuring, said that two problems that need to be resolved: building a solution for legacy contracts and think about the adequacy of energy supply, since generation expansion is currently guided by the Free Market.
“80% of the sector’s expansion is guided by the free market. This market will not contract thermal, will not contract PCHs, so it will only be solar and wind. And this is a problem, because technically we need to ensure that all loads are fully met in situations, for example, pre-rationing”, said the consultant.
to the director of ANEEL, the solution to safe expansion of the energy market requires adequate price signaling. “The correct price signal guarantees balanced expansion,” said Tili.
"The model of buying megawatts and selling megawatts has to change. Energy must be valued by the attribute. Solar energy does not deliver the same energy as thermal, wind and hydroelectric”, added the regulator. “I can’t have energy at the same price at 14pm, 8am and 18pm”, he added.
Tili explained that today the electrical system copes with a 40 GW charging ramp in 1 hour. “What this ramp is doing is solar generation, when it comes out, public lighting comes in.” “There’s no point in expanding just with solar and wind and the [system] will collapse,” she said.
“Solar and wind do not cost the price they are selling for today. GD [distributed generation] cannot give a 30% discount on the captive consumer's tariff because it doesn't stand still. I’m just increasing the charge and changing the way the bill is divided.”
“ABRACEEL is here to defend commercialization, Elbia [Gannoum] will defend wind, Rodrigo [Sauaia] will defend solar, but the electricity sector does not live from one source”, declared Tili.
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